SpaceX adds more satellites to ever-growing Starlink network
On Tuesday, August 18th at 14:31 UTC, another batch of fifty-eight satellites was added to the Starlink constellation by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Debuting upgrades, Ariane 5 rocket deploys three U.S.-built satellites in orbit
Arianespace launched an Ariane 5 rocket on Saturday, August 15th at 22:04 UTC. There were three payloads on board: Galaxy 30, MEV-2, and BSAT-4b.
‘Oumuamua Isn’t Made from Molecular Hydrogen Ice After All
We still don’t know what the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua is for certain, but we have one more piece of information about what it is not.
Stars with planets show no special fingerprint
For a while, when we were starting to find extrasolar worlds, it looked like there might be a relationship between a star’s chemical composition and the fact that it had planets.
Cosmic Cloud’s Gamma-Ray Heartbeat Puzzles Scientists
Two objects, 100 light-years apart, appear to be pulsing to the same rhythm, and it’s thought that they may be related, but it is all deeply confusing.
That Must’ve Hurt — Ganymede Covered by Giant Crater
Researchers reanalyzed image data from the Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Galileo spacecraft on Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.
Mysterious Dimming of Betelgeuse: Dust Clearing Up
It is somewhat lucky that we have all the right data to understand what happened to Betelgeuse last winter.
NASA Satellite’s Lone View of Betelgeuse Reveals More Strange Behavior
Folks, I’m here to share some good news: Betelgeuse is misbehaving again.
NASA’s Planet Hunter Completes Its Primary Mission
We received news that NASA’s TESS mission completed its primary mission on July 4th.
A Successful Second Rehearsal Puts NASA’s OSIRIS-REx on a Path to Sample Collection
On Tuesday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft performed a final dress rehearsal in preparation for sampling our favorite asteroid to hate, Bennu.
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